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Trésor Magnétique

  • Cat No: ASVN076
  • updated:2025-06-18

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2LP 5990 JPY

アフリカ・カメルーンのアフロ・コズミック・サウンズ・ユニーク奇才Francis Bebey(フランシス・ベベイ)(1929-2001)の膨大なアーカイヴから発掘された未発表トラック7曲含む全20曲(1974-1988年までの音源)を厳選コンパイル収録した傑作コンピレーションがリリースされた!アビーロード・スタジオで丹念にデジタル化マスタリングされた珠玉2LP。推薦盤。

1970年代から80年代にかけて、チャカポコとしたチープ・ドラムマシーンのヒプノティック魅惑のグルーヴ、サイケデリックな親指ピアノ(サンザ)の響き、チープ・シンセサイザーの艶やか妙チキリンな旋律、オルタナティヴSF的空間音響によって、独自でユニークある意味で時代を先取りした革新的アフロ・ポップ新時代サウンズを作り上げていた彼で、知る人ぞ知る存在DEあったのですが、2012年Born Badからの「African Electronic Music 1975-1982」、2014年「Psychedelic Sanza 1982-1984」がリリースされることで、一躍その存在と音楽が広く知られることになって再評価が高まったFrancis Bebeyですが、これらのコンピレーションのリリースからも気がつけば10年以上の歳月を経ており、今回、ここ最近The Last POetsとTony Allenのニューアルバムをリリースしたり、現行アフロサウンズの最前線をレポート・リリースしてくれているUK名レーベルAfrica Sevenから新たな解釈による絶品コンピレーションがリリースされました。
アビーロード・スタジオで丹念にデジタル化マスタリングされた、氏の膨大なアーカイヴから発掘された未発表トラック7曲含む全20曲を厳選コンパイル収録した傑作コンピレーション。音質も極上。
ナイジャリアのWilliam Onyeaborと並んで、シンセサイザー・アフロ・コズミックの最重要アーチストFrancis Bebeyの魅惑の音楽世界をこの機会にぜひともどうぞ。 (コンピューマ)

Francis Bebey is the kind of artist whose legacy feels infinite.

Tresor Magnetique, this compilation of unreleased tracks, archival recordings, and neglected gems from Bebey's vault, feels like a grand reveal in an ongoing narrative - a story that spans continents and generations. The compilation's name (translated as "Magnetic Treasure") sets the stage perfectly. Not only does it reference the fragile tapes discovered in the home of Bebey's son, Patrick, but it also hints at the almost gravitational pull of Bebey's art. Meticulously digitized at Abbey Road Studios, these tracks radiate clarity and urgency that defy the decades separating them from contemporary ears. One listen to Tresor Magnetique, and it's as if you're opening a letter from another era, only to find that its contents speak to you more vividly than today's headlines.

In an era when African artists were sometimes stuffed into marketing categories like "world music" or "folk," Bebey adamantly mixed and matched instrumentation that had seemingly no business coexisting. A pygmy flute might flutter against the metronomic pulse of a drum machine, or a classic guitar riff might coil around a looped synthetic soundscape. In hearing these recordings, you get the sense of a mind in constant motion, rarely content to finalize a piece and move on.

Tresor Magnetique feels less like a dusty retrospective and more like a living, breathing dialogue with the present. For newcomers, it offers a doorway into a vast discography that moves fluidly between danceable afro-funk, folkloric chanting, politically charged commentary, and shimmering electronic explorations. For longtime fans, it unearths new corners of a beloved catalog, revealing how Bebey's restless spirit never quite let a song rest in one configuration for too long.

Francis Bebey wasn't merely "ahead of his time"- he operated on his own timeline entirely. In a century that often demanded conformity or neat categorization, he insisted on an expansiveness that belongs just as much to the future as it did to the mid-1900s. And that is why, as we immerse ourselves in Tresor Magnetique, it feels like we're not just discovering lost artifacts-we're confronting ideas that remain radical and relevant right now.

Francis Bebey was not just ahead of his time-he made his own time. And now, we finally have the chance to catch up.

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